THE LATEST NEWS and advice on fly fishing, fly fishing gear, fly fishing trips, and fly fishing books and media.Betsy Gaines Quammen and the Mongolian Taimen
Back in August we reported that Betsy Gaines Quammen, the wife of nature writer David Quammen, was raising money to repair a buddhist monestary in Mongolia. This article by Mary Pickens in the Billings Gazette traces a broader connection to taimen conservation efforts in Mongolia by the Vermillion brothers -- Dan, Jeff and Pat -- and The Taimen Conservation Fund. The Vermillions, who introduced Mrs. Quammen to Mongolia, own Sweetwater Travel, a Livingston, Montana-based fly fishing travel company that has taken a very responsible and forward-thinking attitude toward encouraging destination travel to Mongolia.
